General Discussion

Like they didn't want possible negative attention in their neighborhood. But lets talk about the mindset of Brown and Johnson for a minute. After reading Johnsons testimony here's what I learned. Johnson was older than Brown and had come through some tough times, clearly he was more concerned about the petty theft than Brown. Brown was just out of high school. As they were walking down the street afterwards Brown was asking Johnson questions that a high schooler would ask an older friend about life and stuff.

How many humans did dumb and risky shit when they were Brown's age? This is not a case of someone ready to die in a hail of bullets and mad at the world, he was just pulling a risky kid stunt, not really thinking the ramifications would be serious.

I have come to believe Johnsons side of the story. It really fits, he seems like a normal guy just trying to make it to me and he chose not to lie.